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Jay Haas was at The Carolina Country Club Monday to host his annual Impact Sports Pro-Am. Impact Sports International, based in Inman, states its mission on its website as “taking the Gospel to places it's never been, is not allowed, or the delivery of it has previously been ineffective.”

Bill Haas has been a regular at the event, including two years ago less than 15 hours after winning the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup championship for a combined $11.4 million, but this season's earlier date conflicted with his preparation for Thursday's PGA playoff event.

Bill is ranked No. 26 in the world and has won five PGA events and $17,381,356 over his career, not including the $10 million FedEx Cup bonus. His dad, who won nine times and $14,440,317 over his PGA career (before adding 16 wins and $14.1 million on the senior Champions Tour) never could've imagined Bill reaching such heights.

“I can't really say it's a dream come true because I couldn't even have honestly imagined this scenario when they were growing up,” Jay Haas said. “I just went to Bill's house the other night and he's got a 5-month-old boy and Jay Jr. has two girls and there's a bunch of little kids running around and I said to (Bill), can you imagine playing golf with your children when they are 30 years old and being professional golfers? You just can't fathom that.

“When they are that age and can't walk and are basically helpless, to dream they would one day become professional golfers is just beyond anything I could've imagined. We're proud of all our kids and the fact that Bill has done that on the biggest and best stage is pretty incredible. We all just kind of pinch ourselves.”

As for his annual charitable pro-am, Haas brought along longtime pals and former PGA Tour pros Morris Hatalsky and Tom McKnight in addition to former PGA players Tommy Biershenk Jr. and Kyle Thompson and current PGA competitor William McGirt.

“This is just my small way of helping (Impact Sports) endeavors and their travels to spread the word, things like that,” Haas said. “I haven't been on any trips (Impact) has gone on and I guess I'm amazed at what (they) do. To just pick up and go to these countries to try and help people in other parts of the world who wouldn't otherwise hear about Jesus and all that. It's pretty amazing.”

Haas considers charity golf outings as a successful means in raising money and awareness for any good cause.

“Golfers I think in general give back, that's kind of their inherent quality. They give back to the game whether in their local hometown or different charities and golf is the type of sport where you can do these charity outings and they're everywhere. You can ask somebody for $150, but tell them if they put in $200 you get to play golf, something like that, it's just a good mix.”

<p>Jay Haas paid a visit to his son's house a few evenings back and tried to put things in perspective for his children in watching kids follow in their parent's footsteps.</p><p>Or, in son Bill's case, exceed those big shoes to fill.</p><p>Jay Haas was at The Carolina Country Club Monday to host his annual Impact Sports Pro-Am. Impact Sports International, based in Inman, states its mission on its website as “taking the Gospel to places it's never been, is not allowed, or the delivery of it has previously been ineffective.” </p><p>Bill Haas has been a regular at the event, including two years ago less than 15 hours after winning the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup championship for a combined $11.4 million, but this season's earlier date conflicted with his preparation for Thursday's PGA playoff event.</p><p>Bill is ranked No. 26 in the world and has won five PGA events and $17,381,356 over his career, not including the $10 million FedEx Cup bonus. His dad, who won nine times and $14,440,317 over his PGA career (before adding 16 wins and $14.1 million on the senior Champions Tour) never could've imagined Bill reaching such heights.</p><p>“I can't really say it's a dream come true because I couldn't even have honestly imagined this scenario when they were growing up,” Jay Haas said. “I just went to Bill's house the other night and he's got a 5-month-old boy and Jay Jr. has two girls and there's a bunch of little kids running around and I said to (Bill), can you imagine playing golf with your children when they are 30 years old and being professional golfers? You just can't fathom that.</p><p>“When they are that age and can't walk and are basically helpless, to dream they would one day become professional golfers is just beyond anything I could've imagined. We're proud of all our kids and the fact that Bill has done that on the biggest and best stage is pretty incredible. We all just kind of pinch ourselves.”</p><p>As for his annual charitable pro-am, Haas brought along longtime pals and former PGA Tour pros Morris Hatalsky and Tom McKnight in addition to former PGA players Tommy Biershenk Jr. and Kyle Thompson and current PGA competitor William McGirt.</p><p>“This is just my small way of helping (Impact Sports) endeavors and their travels to spread the word, things like that,” Haas said. “I haven't been on any trips (Impact) has gone on and I guess I'm amazed at what (they) do. To just pick up and go to these countries to try and help people in other parts of the world who wouldn't otherwise hear about Jesus and all that. It's pretty amazing.”</p><p>Haas considers charity golf outings as a successful means in raising money and awareness for any good cause.</p><p>“Golfers I think in general give back, that's kind of their inherent quality. They give back to the game whether in their local hometown or different charities and golf is the type of sport where you can do these charity outings and they're everywhere. You can ask somebody for $150, but tell them if they put in $200 you get to play golf, something like that, it's just a good mix.”</p>